Study His Word: Read The Bible In A Year

O LORD, the king rejoices in your strength! You set a crown upon his head. You will destroy your enemies. We will praise your power! My God, why have you forsaken me? I am despised. They have pierced my hands. You have answered me! The nations will worship the LORD! The LORD is my shepherd. He leads me in paths of righteousness. I will fear no evil. I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever. T...

Hear a just cause, O LORD. My steps have held to your paths. Hide me in the shadow of your wings. Deliver my life from the wicked. The LORD is my rock. I called and he thundered from heaven. He rescued me from my enemy. I will praise you among the nations, O LORD! The heavens declare the glory of God. The law of the LORD is perfect, making wise the simple. May my words be pleasing to you, O LORD....

In the LORD I take refuge. How can you say, "Flee like a bird"? The LORD hates the wicked. The LORD is righteous and loves justice. Help, O LORD, for the godly are no more. Everyone lies. "I will protect the weak," says the LORD. The words of the LORD are pure. How long, O LORD? Will you forget me forever? Look on me and answer! Give light to my eyes. But I will trust in your unfailing love. The f...

Be merciful to me, O LORD! My soul is in anguish. I flood my bed with tears. Depart from me, you evildoers! The LORD has heard my cry. O LORD, save me from all who pursue me. Arise in judgement! God has prepared his weapons against the wicked. I will praise the LORD! O LORD, how majestic is your name in all the earth! What is man that you care for him? Yet you have crowned him with glory and honou...

Blessed is the man who does not walk with the wicked, whose delight is in the law of the LORD. He is like a tree planted by the water. Why do the rulers plot against the LORD and his anointed? The LORD laughs! He said to me, "You are my son." O kings, fear the LORD! O LORD, how many are my foes! But you are a shield around me. You have broken the teeth of the wicked. Salvation belongs to the LORD!...

Job said, "I have no answer." The LORD said, "Will you condemn me? Behold now, Behemoth, which I made. Can anyone pierce his nose?" "Can you catch Leviathan with a hook? Everything under heaven is mine. His breath sets coals ablaze. He is king over all the proud." Job said, "I repent in ashes." The LORD said to Eliphaz, "You have not spoken rightly of me, as Job has." He restored Job's fortunes.

"I have more to say on God's behalf. He is mighty but does not despise any. Who is a teacher like him? Remember to extol his work!" "God thunders with his voice. By the breath of God, ice is made. Do you know his wondrous works? He is great in power and justice!" Then the LORD said, "I will question you. Where were you when I founded the earth? Who enclosed the sea? Can you bind the Pleiades?" "Do...

Elihu was angry with Job and his three friends. He said, "I am young, but it is not only the old who are wise. I will have my say." "Job, please listen to my words. God does speak, perhaps in a dream or through pain. He does this to deliver a person from the pit." "It is unthinkable that God would do wrong. Can one who hates justice govern? God shows no partiality. Job speaks like the wicked!" Eve...

"Oh, for the days when God watched over me! When I took my seat in the square. I was father to the needy and comforted the mourners." "But now younger men mock me. They do not hesitate to spit at me. God has cast me into the mire. When I expected good, evil came." "Does God not see my ways? Have I lied? Have I refused to help the poor? Have I put my trust in money? Let the Almighty answer me!"

Bildad said, "Dominion and awe belong to God. Who can be righteous before him? Even the stars are not pure in his sight!" Job said, "How you have helped the weak! Sheol is naked to God. The pillars of heaven tremble. These are the fringes of his ways!" "My heart does not reproach me. Let my enemy be as the wicked! His many sons are for the sword. The wind sweeps him from his place." "There is a mi...

Eliphaz said, "Is not your wickedness great? You withheld bread from the hungry. Is not God high? Submit to him and be at peace." Job said, "If only I knew where to find God! When he has tested me, I shall come forth as gold. But he does whatever he pleases." "The wounded cry out, but God charges no one with wrong. Some rebel against the light; they are exalted a while, and then are gone."

Bildad said, "Why are we stupid in your sight? Indeed, the light of the wicked goes out. His roots dry up and his branches wither." Job said, "How long will you torment me? God counts me as an enemy. My closest friends abhor me. But I know that my redeemer lives!" Zophar said, "My understanding inspires me to answer. The triumph of the wicked is short. His food will turn sour in his stomach." Job...

Eliphaz said, "Your own mouth condemns you! Why do you turn against God? The wicked will be like a vine stripped of unripe grapes." Job said, "You're miserable comforters! God has torn me and shattered me. But my prayer is pure. Even now, my advocate is on high!" "My spirit is broken. He has made me a byword. But come again all of you! I will not find a wise man among you. Where is my hope?" 

Job said, "Who does not know all these things? With God are wisdom and power. He brings darkness into light. He destroys nations." "I want to argue my case with God. Be quiet and I will speak. Though he slay me, I will hope in him. God, why do you hide your face?" "Man is like a fleeting shadow. If a tree is cut down, it will sprout again, but will a man live again? You overpower him forever."

Bildad said, "Does God pervert justice? Learn from past generations. He will not reject the blameless, nor will he uphold evildoers." Job said, "How can a man dispute with God? His power is vast! But he destroys the innocent. If only there were a mediator between us!" "God, why do you reject the work of your hands? You know that I am not guilty! Why did you bring me out of the womb? Leave me alone...

Eliphaz said, "Will you become impatient? When did the innocent ever perish? I heard a voice: 'Can a man be more righteous than God?' " "Who will answer you? Man is born to trouble. As for me, I would seek God. Do not despise his discipline. He wounds, but he binds up." Job said, "My misery would outweigh the sand of the seas! You have proved no help. Show me how I have been wrong! Would I lie to...

Job was blameless. The LORD allowed Satan to test him. Job's servants and children were killed. He tore his robes and worshipped. Satan struck Job with boils. Job's wife told him to curse God. But Job did not sin. Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar came to comfort him. Job said, "Curse the day I was born! Why did I not die at birth? Why is light given to him who suffers? I have no rest, only turmoil."

At the feast, the king asked Esther, "What is your request?" She said, "My people have been sold by Haman." The king had Haman hanged. The king gave his ring to Mordecai. Mordecai sent letters to the provinces allowing the Jews to defend themselves. The Jews rejoiced. On the day of the king's decree, the Jews destroyed their enemies. Mordecai wrote to all the Jews and established the Feast of Puri...

Mordecai asked Esther to plead with the king. Esther said, "Hold a fast. I will go to the king against the law, and if I die, I die." Esther won favour with the king. She said, "Let the king and Haman come to a feast tomorrow." Haman built a gallows to hang Mordecai. That night the king read about the plot against him. Haman came to ask about hanging Mordecai. The king told Haman to honour Mordeca...

King Ahasuerus gave a feast for all his officials. Queen Vashti refused to come to him, so the wise men advised him to replace her. Mordecai raised Esther. She was taken into the king's harem and was chosen as queen. Mordecai told Esther of a plot against the king. Ahasuerus promoted Haman, but Mordecai would not bow to him. Haman asked to destroy the Jews. The king gave his seal for the decree.

The leaders and one in ten of the people lived in Jerusalem. There were descendants of Judah and of Benjamin, priests and Levites. All the Levites and leaders gathered to dedicate the wall. They made offerings and rejoiced. Men were appointed over the storerooms. I cleared Tobiah out of the temple. I confronted those who profaned the Sabbath and who married foreign women. Remember me, O God.

The people gathered and Ezra read from the law. Nehemiah said, "This day is holy. Do not mourn." The people held the Feast of Booths. The Israelites confessed. The Levites said, "LORD, you brought our fathers out of Egypt. They rebelled but you did not forsake them." The leaders sealed a covenant. The people made an oath: "We will not marry foreigners. We will bring the offerings for the temple."

Sanballat ridiculed us and plotted to attack Jerusalem. So we prayed and posted a guard. The builders carried swords as they worked. The people cried out, "We have to borrow to get grain." I told the nobles, "Let us stop exacting usury." I did not take my allowance. Sanballat and Tobiah sent for me to do me harm. I replied, "Why should I come?" The wall was finished and our enemies were afraid. I...

The words of Nehemiah: Men from Judah said, "The wall of Jerusalem is broken down." I prayed, "O LORD, give me favour with the king." The king granted my request to go and rebuild Jerusalem. Sanballat was displeased. I inspected the walls and said, "Let us rebuild." The priests rebuilt the Sheep Gate, the Tekoites made repairs, Jedaiah repaired opposite his house, Meremoth repaired another section...

Darius issued a decree: "The cost of the temple shall come from the treasury." The temple was completed and the Israelites celebrated. Ezra went up to Jerusalem to teach the law. Artaxerxes wrote: "I decree that whatever Ezra needs shall be done." So I was encouraged. I assembled the family heads from Babylon and gave the gifts for the temple to the Levites. We came to Jerusalem and made offerings...